Europe's Week Ahead: All Eyes on ECB

1/4/2013 6:24AM

With U.S. fiscal-cliff concerns in abeyance, all eyes will be on the European Central Bank and whether it cuts rates given the current weakness in the euro-zone economy. U.K. retailers also will be in the firing line, according to Dow Jones's Andrea Tryphonides and MarketWatch's Sara Sjolin.

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